HelloI wonder if you would please pass this bug report to whoever cares about it....
I use Impress 3.4.1 on XP SP3.On a presentation today, I created a text box, font Jane Austen (a script type font).
In custom animation I selected Appear, On click Properties Text animation: As one object Effects: Animate: Letter by letter. Selected ok and OpenOffice crashed. I repeated the exercise several times and it crashed at the same point HTH Tony Hagon Glenrhu Bowermadden Scotland